New York Gov. Kathy Hochul claimed on Monday that Black children in the Bronx do not know what a PC is. This claim was questioned and racist.
Hochul, in a speech at a California forum, went full Bull Connor, claiming “Right Now, we have young Black kids who are growing up in the Bronx, and they don’t even understand what the word ‘computer is'” or that “They do not know these things.” “And I want to open the world up to them all.”
OMG HAHAHA Governor Kathy Hochul thinks black people don’t know what a computer is. pic.twitter.com/TSjMLmiOAc
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 7, 2024
Hochul’s absurd comments were widely shared on social media, especially on X where users vilified her. Riley Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer, chimed in and noted “just how out-of-touch the people who are supposedly leading this nation are.”
It’s remarkable just how out of touch the people supposedly leading this country are https://t.co/ll8eG8Pcok
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) May 7, 2024
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, (R-FL), also attacked the governor.
No one: …
Absolutely no one: …
Liberal NY Governor: black kids don’t even know what the word computer is https://t.co/UfiylJ8C94
— Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (@RepLuna) May 7, 2024
Other users have also criticized Hochul.
I look forward to the inevitable man on the street interview with young black kids in the Bronx where they watch this clip and respond. 🍿 https://t.co/taWmFicspC
— CCP IS ASSHOE (@CCPISASSH0E) May 7, 2024
Tell me how racist you really are, without telling me. https://t.co/MjXvo6DeiJ
— NahBabyNah (@NahBabyNah) May 7, 2024
This is what democrats think of black property man I just don’t get why they keep voting left. https://t.co/LMmRileJYT
— Pot n’ Politics MAGA 🇺🇸 (@CommonSenseHaze) May 7, 2024
This was not a slip of the tongue, this is how elite liberals think. The racists of the past thought black people were inferior, and too stupid to defend themselves, so they exploited them. Modern elite liberals think black people are inferior, and too stupid to defend… https://t.co/FOjrHX3Bf4
— Conservative News Feed (@C_N_F__on__X) May 7, 2024
My favorite response was from a user, who said that people like Hochul have “never been around blacks.”
The real racist are the rich white elite. They have never been around black people and this is what they think of them. They sit around their cocktail parties and talk about how poor blacks can’t get ID, poor blacks can’t work a computer. So ignorant of the real world! https://t.co/e4VhuFIsuB
— STL (@Dk1979) May 7, 2024
This post is perfect. White progressives, like Hochul, tend to distance themselves from Black people while pretending to be our champions from their ivory towers. It’s unlikely that Democrats who claim to care about racism will call Hochul out on her racist behavior.